| Accept the practicalities of a situation |
The Times Concise |
27 Aug 2025 |
| "Face facts!" (2 wds.) |
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| Acquire a football team? Be practical! (3,4) |
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| Acquire most of the kingdom? Stop daydreaming! (3,4) |
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| "Be serious!" |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Jan 2025 |
| Acquire money in Sao Paulo? That's a foolish assumption! |
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| "Stop dreaming!" |
Newsday |
22 Dec 2024 |
| Face facts raised, for example, by bungled alert (3,4) |
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| "Puh-lease!" |
Universal |
17 Aug 2024 |
| "Be serious!" |
USA Today |
02 Jul 2024 |
| Face facts, sheep's gone over old coin (3,4) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
26 Apr 2024 |
| 'Be serious!' |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Aug 2023 |
| Ophelia's brother briefly rises after good buddy's wake-up call? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
11 Aug 2023 |
| "Dream on!" |
Premier Sunday |
23 Jul 2023 |
| 'Oh, come on!' |
New York Times |
17 Apr 2023 |
| "Don't be ridiculous!" |
Thomas Joseph |
15 Apr 2023 |
| Don't kid yourself! |
The Guardian Quick |
06 Jul 2022 |
| Stop dreaming |
Newsday |
24 Feb 2022 |
| Turned on about revised rate? Don't be so naive |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
26 Jul 2021 |
| “Don’t be ridiculous!” |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Mar 2020 |
| ''Quit your dreaming!'' |
Newsday |
23 Oct 2019 |
| Accept 19 Across |
Newsday |
28 Dec 2018 |
| Become physical? Don't be so naive |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
24 Jul 2018 |
| 'Be serious!' |
Thomas Joseph |
27 Jan 2018 |
| 'Don't be ridiculous!' |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Dec 2017 |
| ''Be serious!'' |
Newsday |
26 Jun 2017 |
| 'Stop dreaming!' |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Apr 2017 |
| 'You can't be serious!' |
The Washington Post |
25 Feb 2017 |
| "Oh, puh-leeze!" |
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| "In your dreams!" |
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| "That'll never happen!" |
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| "Who are you kidding?!" |
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| "You can't be serious!" |
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| "Who are you kidding?!" |
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| "No way!" |
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| "No way!" |
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| "Dream on" |
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| Skeptical comment |
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| "Are you nuts?!" |
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| "Oh, be serious!" |
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| "Oh, be serious!" |
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| Stop dreaming |
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| "Puh-leeeze!" |
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| "Quit dreaming!" |
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| "Puh-leeeze!" |
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| "Don't be ridiculous!" |
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| "I don't buy that!" |
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| "Quit dreaming" |
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| Face facts, slangily |
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| "Be serious!" |
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| "You can't be serious!" |
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| "You can't be serious!" |
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| "Be serious!" |
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| 'Stop dreaming!' |
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| This puzzle's theme, succinctly |
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| "That's ridiculous!" |
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| "That's a joke, right?" |
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| Words after "Oh, come on" |
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| "That's a joke, right?" |
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| "Come on!" |
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| "Stop dreaming!" |
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| "C'mon, quit kidding" |
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| "Oh, puh-leeze!" |
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